I went to a new cafe in my area and loved their coffee. I bought the same coffee beans directly from Inglewood. The beans arrived in 4 days and they have a date on them I assume it’s a roast date being 6 days old.
They taste like crap, have no smell and seem dry.
Have I received old beans from months ago?
Stale Coffee Beans How Do You Know?
Eatingsugar on 10/08/2022 - 02:05
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Months ago? I bought some Aldi coffee beans 3 months ago. Just opened them yesterday and they were absolutely delicious, better than some freshly roast beans I got in the past.
What are the Aldi beans called?
Have I received old beans from months ago
Doubtful.You may need to grind coarser if the beans are very fresh, and grind finer as the beans age.
They taste like crap, have no smell and seem dry.
Old beans are oily. Do you have coronavirus?
Are you also upset that the new candle you bought has no smell?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2325854-amazon-reviews-…How to determine grinding course or fine and also how does the courseness grind affect the coffee?
I just want it to be strong
Fwiw I think Inglewood is crap. Are you sure they're the same ones the cafe used for your coffee?
When we were moving office, I discovered an unopened bag of beans 3years expired.
How bad could they be? I said to myself. I opened them and there was absolutely no coffee aroma. A mug tasted of the weakest instant coffee, maybe half a spoon.You would not be wondering if you got old stale beans, it is very apparent.
Yes it was the same blend. I was going to buy a kilo at the cafe but saw it for cheaper directly from Inglewood.
When you say the same beans, do you mean the cafe also uses Inglewood? And you got the exact same blend the cafe uses?
I think the roast level determines how oily the bean looks, and most of the beans I've been buying from ozbargain specials are light/medium roast and I guess you could say they look "dry".
The same beans will taste different on different machines.
This Carton of Grange has been laying around for years, it is covered in dust and still tastes better than your Coffee Beans even on a bad day… lol
Oily beans are either caused by the type of roast (dark is the most oily) or oxidation which happens over time. If you've received light/medium roast and they are "dry" then they are probably fresh.
There are plenty of other reasons that you've made a bad coffee. Perhaps explore them :)
Suggest you sort this out with Inglewood directly. There are many factors why a cafe's drink would taste different when done at home. The beans used could also be different even though they are from the same roaster. Your might be a very light roast as such it looks less oily. I doubt Inglewood would try to deceive you by putting a recent roast date on an old batch. The machine used in a cafe is also professional set up and they have dialed in the beans to perfection for the maximum flavour extraction. There are just so many factors that could contribute to this.
Eatingsugar
They taste like crap, have no smell and seem dryMaybe the Civets ran out of toilet paper that day
Most likely possibility is your coffee brewing technique.
Just pop the beans into an air fryer for about 5 mins, then stir, then another 5 minutes, it'll revitalise the flavour
seems like you answered your own question